Read this excerpt from Fever 1793. I hadn't heard about that. They were burying fever victims every day? "How many have died, Mr. Carris?" I asked. The first-person narration is meant to help readers understand that Mattie trusts Mr. Carris. Mattie is unaware of the extent of the problem. Mr. Carris is responsible for burying the dead. Mr. Carris reads the newspaper.

The answer would be that Mattie is unaware of the extent of the problem

Mattie is unaware of the extent of the problem

Explanation:

i got it right on the test

since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.

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